February 15, 2007

New Jersey's Milton Street To Run For Philly Mayor

Noted New Jersey resident Milton Street said he is going to run for mayor:

Milton Street just held an impromptu press conference in City Hall to announce that he's running for mayor in the Democratic primary.

According to Daily News City Hall bureau chief Mark McDonald, Street says he's motivated by a desire to fight the easy availablity of guns. He also said he believes candidate Dwight Evans should not run for mayor, but stay in Harrisburg to help support gun legislation.

As for the pesky matter of his recent federal indictment for tax fraud? He said he didn't know why that would be an issue, since, in his words, he hasn't done anything wrong. He pointed out that he hasn't been convicted of anything.

Reporters also asked him about the residency requirement to run for mayor. Street seems to live in New Jersey -- that's where reporters tracked him down on the day of that indictment. He didn't directly answer that question, saying instead something to the effect of, "I sleep where I sleep."

This mayor's race just keeps getting better and better. I assume he's trying to siphon votes away from Evans so Fattah can win? But, to be honest, who cares! Milton Street is in the race!

Update, 1:07 p.m.: Added Milton Street's campaign poster.

Milton joins the fray [The Next Mayor]

Posted by D-Mac on February 15, 2007 12:43 PM
Posted to 2007 Mayoral Race , Milton Street

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
https://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/4582

Comments